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Surah An-Naml, Ayah 42 (27:42)

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِيلَ أَهَٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ ۖ قَالَتْ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ ۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن …

Quran 27:42 is ayah 42 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 380 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:42
فَلَمَّاجَآءَتْقِيلَأَهَٰكَذَاعَرْشُكِ ۖقَالَتْكَأَنَّهُۥهُوَ ۚوَأُوتِينَاٱلْعِلْمَمِنقَبْلِهَاوَكُنَّامُسْلِمِينَ٤٢
falammā jāat qīla ahākadhā ʿarshuki qālat ka-annahu huwa waūtīnā l-ʿil'ma min qablihā wakunnā mus'limīna

So when she arrived, it was said [to her], "Is your throne like this?" She said, "[It is] as though it was it." [Solomon said], "And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allāh].(42)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
  2. جَآءَتْjāatshe came
  3. قِيلَqīlait was said
  4. أَهَٰكَذَاahākadhāIs like this
  5. عَرْشُكِ ۖʿarshukiyour throne
  6. قَالَتْqālatShe said
  7. كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahuIt is like
  8. هُوَ ۚhuwait
  9. وَأُوتِينَاwaūtīnāAnd we were given
  10. ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
  11. مِنminbefore her
  12. قَبْلِهَاqablihābefore her
  13. وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we have been
  14. مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims

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